Hartford-based Aquiline Drones Corporation (AD), Connecticut's only drone manufacturing and technology company, has signed a multi-year agreement to offer its entire online drone pilot certification curriculum through the 17 institutions comprising Connecticut's State College and University system (CSCU).
Read MoreYale University is one of only two institutions in New England that offers an academic nurse-midwifery specialty. The program, in the Yale School of Nursing, “prepares students as competent midwives who provide family-centered primary health care,” the university’s website explains, noting that “more now than ever, the need and demand for midwives is at an all-time high.”
Read MoreA classroom of Hamden sixth graders and members of a Farmington High School Political Action Club are this year’s recipients of the inaugural Governor M. Jodi Rell Center for Public Service Civility Awards.
Read MoreThe New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) and the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) have announced plans, in collaboration with the State of Connecticut, to award grants to seven business-higher education partnerships in Connecticut as part of an initiative to rapidly increase the competitiveness of the state’s postsecondary institutions and meet growing business demand for tech skills.
Read MoreThe Connecticut Convention Center will be transformed into “The World’s Aerospace Alley” for a November 2 trade show that will feature exhibitors that are members of Aerospace Components Manufacturers.
Read MoreThe Red Sox Foundation has announced recipients – including three Connecticut nonprofits - in the 8th Annual IMPACT Awards presented by the Ruderman Family Foundation. Five nonprofit organizations from each state in New England were nominated for the grant awards, dedicated to raising awareness and improving mental health outcomes.
Read MoreThe nursing shortage in Connecticut has been well-documented, and many experts say a solution will not come quickly. Looking at the long-term challenges, and stepping up to be part of that solution, the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) in West Hartford, is creating opportunities for high school juniors and seniors to learn more about the in-demand career of nursing.
Read MoreThe vision was to support an inclusive arts and culture sector in the Hartford Region by building an arts economy featuring local artists of color. Launched in the midst of the pandemic in August 2021, when opportunities for the arts – and artists – to flourish were particularly limited, the inaugural Artists of Color Accelerate (AOCA) program was an initiative of The 224 EcoSpace and was funded by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
Read MoreAs the Connecticut Board of Regents (BOR) for Higher Education moves forward with the consolidation of Connecticut’s 12 community colleges into one college with 12 campuses, anticipated in July 2023, there will be new leadership atop the Board.
Read MoreConnecticut’s private college presidents are among the nation’s most highly paid, according to a recent report published by the Chronicle of Higher Education. Six college presidents at private colleges in the state rank in the top 100, including one in the top 15. Two others are just beyond the top 100. More than 600 private colleges were ranked.
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